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Session Description

Papers about how students make decisions about their major.

Moderated by

1. Dr. John Sangster P.E. and Dr. Laura Bottomley

Papers Presented

1. It’s All About the Feels: How and Why Students’ Feelings about their Engineering Program Change [view paper]
   Dr. Laura Hirshfield (University of Michigan), Stacie Edington (University of Michigan), and Michael Dailey (University of Michigan)
2. Parameterizing Major Discernment for First- and Second-year Engineering Students [view paper]
   Brian J. Smith (University of Notre Dame) and Elizabeth Kerr (University of Notre Dame)
3. Parent and Family Influence on First-year Engineering Major Choice [view paper]
   Dr. Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart (Michigan Technological University), Miss Amanda Marie Singer (Michigan Technological University), and Jason Mathews (Michigan Technological University )
4. Venturing into Discipline-specific Activities for Different Sections of the Same Introductory Engineering Design Course [view paper]
   Amanda Christine Bordelon (Utah Valley University), Dr. Susan L. Thackeray (Utah Valley University), Dr. Sean S. Tolman (Utah Valley University), and Prof. Jane M. Loftus (Utah Valley University)
5. Technology Interests of First-year ECE Students [view paper]
   Dr. J.W. Bruce (Tennessee Technological University) and Dr. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh (Mississippi State University)